The Congress party, wary of its MLAs shifting loyalties amidst horse-trading attempts by the BJP, even took them away to a luxury hotel in Bengaluru - the famous Eagleton Resort where the Gujarat Congress had also flown its MLAs in a same situation in 2017 - only to realise two of its MLAs, Anand Singh and Pratapgouda Patil, were missing from the flock.

After a dozen winning Congress MLAs didn't attend the party meeting on Wednesday, the Congress party has decided to move all winning MLAs to Eagleton Resort in Bengaluru where they will stay for the next few days. Interestingly, it was the same hotel where 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat were flown in during the Rajya Sabha elections last year.

Although rupee faced little friction on Monday and lost by 20 paise on the election result day only to close at 64.24, the domestic currency came out of its losses by the end of the day on Tuesday as the election results in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh became evident.

The Gujarat election results also affected the markets today. The Sensex first slumped over 700 points after reports came of a neck and neck fight between the Congress and the BJP in the early hours of the day. However, it was quick to recover as trends showed the BJP jump ahead of Congress.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has won the election with over 25,000 votes from Rajkot West. This seat is significant as Narendra Modi contested from Rajkot West as Gujarat chief minister in 2002. This seat has been with the BJP for over three decades.

BJP's CM candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal lost to Congress' incumbent Rajender Rana from Sujanpur. BJP MLA Virender Kanwar who won from Kutlehar seat had earlier said he would offer his seat to Prem Kumar Dhumal if he loses the seat.

The counting of votes were underway at 37 centres across the state's 33 districts, amidst tight security. Exit Polls had also showed that ruling BJP would win the Himalayan state with impressive margin and retain its power in Prime Minister Modi's home state.

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